Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is a communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Sri Lanka that was founded on 14 May 1965 by Rohana Wijeweera. The party was founded with the goal of spearheading a socialist revolution, and it rose up against the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1971 and against the United National Party from 1987 to 1989. In 1994, the party entered democratic politics, and it became a third party in Sri Lankan politics.